Chapter 573: Sealing the Palace
"Cheng Qian, what did you say?"
Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Chengqian in disbelief, and Li Chengqian sighed: "My father has been working hard all his life for the sake of fame, and we can't finally give my father a reputation of listening to slander and being poisoned by Taoist priests!" ”
"You, what do you mean?"
Empress Eldest Sun was almost confused, but this was her son's words, she still forced herself to calm down and asked rhetorically.
Li Chengqian sighed and said: "It can't be said that my father was poisoned by taking pills, otherwise my father's reputation in this life will be ruined."
"It can't be said that my father has become an immortal, otherwise the people will follow suit and swallow the pill and desire to become an immortal, then it will break the foundation of my Tang Dynasty!"
Li Chengqian hesitated, and then said: "Let's just say that my father suddenly had a brain disease and died violently!" ”
Empress Eldest Sun gritted her teeth and stared at Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng: "Then the two of them!" Just let them get away with it? ”
Li Chengqian smiled, looked back at Xie Bi'an at the door, Xie Bi'an smiled, and walked into the main hall.
He bowed deeply to the queen and said: "Don't worry, the queen will hand over these two people to her subordinates, and you will definitely be satisfied, I will..."
Before Xie Bi'an's words were finished, Yuan Tiangang's figure exploded and pounced on Li Chengqian!
But in the next second, AK fired in unison, and Yuan Tiangang was beaten into a sieve in mid-air.
If he hadn't lost his energy and internal strength because of alchemy, maybe he would have been able to take Li Chengqian hostage, but now, it's too late to say anything.
Li Chunfeng didn't move, and before Li Chengqian came in, he looked like he was not alive or dead.
Xie Bi'an walked to his side, regardless of whether he resisted or not, as soon as he struck the knife, Li Chunfeng fell to the ground unconscious.
Seeing this, Empress Changsun gently grabbed Li Shimin's already stiff hand and wept silently.
Li Chengqian's tears were also a little unstoppable, when Li Shimin said that he wanted to cultivate immortals and refine the pill, Li Chengqian knew that there would definitely be such a day, because he had seen Su Bai do experiments with his own eyes, and even he had done experiments himself, and he had also demonstrated them to Li Shimin!
Those so-called elixirs are simply poisons!
Helplessly, Li Shimin didn't believe it, but he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly and so quickly!
"Qian'er, now is not the time to waste time, you immediately summon the ministers into the palace, we need their support now!"
Empress Eldest Sun finally calmed down, but said such a thing.
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Queen Mother, things happened too suddenly, it is inevitable that some people will be greedy!" When I came, I had already ordered that no one should enter the palace! Queen Mother, even if we need the support of the minister, we will have to wait until tomorrow morning."
"Silly boy, sooner rather than later! The longer it drags on, the more people will inevitably jump out, or even spread rumors! ”
Li Chengqian nodded lightly and said, "Queen Mother, I just want to know who will jump out!" ”
When Li Chengqian said this, his voice was extremely cold!
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"What do you mean! Why don't you let us in? Could it be that there is some conspiracy in it, and I am afraid that we will find out! ”
Not long after Li Chengqian entered, a group of people came under the city gate, clamoring to enter the palace.
"Presumptuous! The prince has an order! No one is allowed to enter the palace today! Do you want to disobey the Prince's orders? ”
"Prince? Now that His Majesty is critically ill, who knows what the crown prince has done in the palace? If His Majesty has an accident, maybe it will be the hands and feet of the crown prince, and he is in a hurry to ascend the throne! ”
Among the officials below, I don't know who shouted such a sentence.
"You are presumptuous!"
The guards on the city tower roared angrily: "Who in the city dares to slander the prince and dare to leave his name?" ”
The city suddenly fell silent, and no one answered his words.
At this time, a lot of soldiers suddenly appeared in all directions, looking at the costumes, they should all be family members, village households, and guards.
"Suzaku Door! Who dares to be presumptuous! Stand back and take a step forward! Ten thousand arrows! ”
The guards on the city tower roared angrily, and no one below paid attention to him, and the few people who shouted before retreated back one after another, retreating to a safe enough position, but those families and villagers were still moving forward!
"Stop! One last sound! Stop! ”
The guards on the city tower shouted again, but those people didn't listen at all, and in the next second, the crowd dodged, and a steel monster appeared here, Zhenhai Cannon!
The pupils of the soldiers on the castle tower suddenly shrank, and now even fools can see what these people are trying to do!
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”
All of a sudden, all of a sudden, all of a sudden The people below seemed to be prepared, and many of them were carrying shields on their backs and raised them one after another.
There were also a few people who adjusted the angle of the Zhenhai cannon and ignited the fuse on it.
The guards on the city wall are angry, damn it, isn't it Zhenhai Cannon? Who doesn't! After the Suzaku Gate Tower was newly built, there was also a Zhenhai cannon on it!
"Zhenhai cannon ready!"
"Launch!"
With his order, the Zhenhai cannon on the castle tower also pushed out and lit the fuse.
Now, it would be nice if there was a new style of Zhenguan!
"Boom!"
The Zhenhai cannon under the city was the first to sound, and a solid cannonball hit the Suzaku City Gate fiercely, and in a blink of an eye, a large hole with a diameter of more than 50 centimeters appeared on the city gate!
In the next second, the Zhenhai cannon on the city wall also sounded!
I saw the crowd below as if they had been run over by a bulldozer! Under the trajectory of the shells, there is a bloody road composed of stumps and broken arms.
There were wails all over the field, but Zuo Wuwei didn't plan to just let them go! The second round of arrow rain fell with the sound of breaking the sky!
The Zhenhai cannon had already disrupted their formation, and the rain of arrows flew in along those gaps, and they were immediately full of sorrow!
Although the power of the rain of arrows is not as powerful as that of the Zhenhai cannon, it covers a wide area, and the losses below are heavy!
"Boom Boom"
"Boom Boom"
In the distance of Suzaku Street, there was an urgent sound of horses' hooves!
It was a group of cavalry, and the general of Zuo Wuwei on the city tower sank in his heart, and said in his heart, isn't this over? Why did a gang of thieves pop up again?
The group of cavalrymen, when they were about to come closer, slowly slowed down, looked at the corpses everywhere in front of them, and the leader shouted with all his strength: "I am Qin Qiong, the Duke of Hu State!" What's going on? ”
Zuo Wuwei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that it was Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, Hu Guogong was on the same side as his own prince, and the little general shouted: "Hu Guogong!" The crown prince has an order, no one is allowed to enter the palace tonight! These people intend to rebel, and they actually want to break into the palace gate by force! ”
"You fart!"
Suddenly, there was an angry roar from the oblique ground, and then I saw a military general running not far away, he was wearing a bright light armor, knelt down on one knee in front of Qin Qiong and said, "Guogong! Please also ask the national public to learn from it! ”
Qin Qiong frowned and said, "Who are you?" ”
"The subordinate is Liu Yue, the small flag officer of the second battalion of the right military guard!"
"What do you mean by what you just said?"
"Please also ask Hu Guogong to learn from it! Today, my right military guard received news that His Majesty is in danger, and at this time the prince entered the palace, and ordered everyone not to enter the palace! ”
"Hu Guogong! Your Majesty hasn't died yet! This prince is already calling the shots, and who knows what he will do to His Majesty! All of us led our troops to storm the palace gate, just to rescue His Majesty! If Your Majesty is still in the palace, I'm afraid that your life will not be long! ”
Liu Yue looked worried when he spoke, Qin Qiong looked at the corpse on the ground, and said with a sneer: "What do you mean, you are here to rescue the driver?" ”
Hearing Qin Qiong's sneer, Liu Yue subconsciously felt bad, turned around and wanted to run, as soon as he turned his head, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and then the person had already been lifted, Qin Qiong single-handedly, he added this armor, not to mention Liu Yue, who had two hundred catties.
Qin Qiong said coldly: "Rescue, there is someone who came with the Zhenhai cannon to rescue the driver?" With the government soldiers, the township bravely rescued? I think you're the ones with bad intentions! ”
Liu Yue was frightened and couldn't stop struggling, Qin Qiong punched him in the face, and the bridge of his teeth and nose were all collapsed by Qin Qiong's punch, becoming a blood gourd, and he couldn't even look at it.
Qin Qiong threw him on the ground, shook off the blood on his hand and said, "Now! Who is in the palace? ”
Hearing Qin Qiong's question, Zuo Wuwei above replied: "His Royal Highness has just entered the palace, and none of the other ministers are in the palace!" ”
Qin Qiong nodded when she heard this, and then heard the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps.
When I looked back, I saw Cheng Biting Jin, and Yu Chi Jingde also rushed over with their own parts.
The two looked at the corpse in front of them, plus the Zhenhai cannon facing the Suzaku Gate, and frowned at the same time, the two urged them to step forward, and Wei Chi Jingde asked, "Shubao, what's going on?" ”
Qin Qiong said: "The prince ordered that no one is allowed to enter the palace!" ”
Yu Chi Jingde's old face was dark, and he was a little anxious when he heard the words: "I heard that Your Majesty ate the elixir, and now life and death are unknown!" Why don't you let us go into the palace to have a look? ”
Cheng Yanjin frowned and said: "The prince is afraid, someone is fishing in troubled waters, what are you doing!" ”
Qin Qiong raised his eyebrows, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "These people are from the right martial guard, just now they led the troops to storm the palace gate, and let the cubs of the left martial guard beat them down."
Cheng Biting Jin said: "Brother, what should I do now?" We're just waiting here? ”
Qin Qiong shook his head and said, "The situation is unknown now, but since the prince said it, no one is allowed to enter the palace!" We should do what we want! ”
This sentence is somewhat taboo, because now they don't know Li Shimin's life and death, so they say that they listen to Li Chengqian's orders, and if Li Shimin is still alive, he will definitely be responsible.
"Then the Suzaku Gate will be handed over to you, old brother! Jingde and I went to the Xuanwu Gate to guard in case someone took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack! ”
"Hmm!"
Qin Qiong thought about it, nodded and agreed, before there was no news from the palace, it could only be like this.
Cheng Yanjin and the others saw Qin Qiong nodding, and left without saying a word.
And the sound of horses' hooves behind him sounded one after another, and more civil officials and military generals rushed over, as long as they were powerful people in Chang'an, they almost all came to the palace!
The controversy also began at this time, and some people felt that the top priority now was to enter the palace and see how Li Shimin was doing!
These people ignored the prince's orders, and among them was the Jianchen Wei Zheng!
And some people feel that since the prince ordered that no one is allowed to enter, then the prince must have his reasons, and it is better for everyone to wait.
The quarrel broke out, and the people who were shouting to enter the palace said that His Majesty is too dangerous in the palace now, and no one knows what Li Chengqian thinks, whether it will be unfavorable to His Majesty, so that he can ascend the throne as soon as possible!
On the other side, they scolded, saying that the prince is benevolent and virtuous, and the world knows what they are to frame the prince like this!
The two sides quarreled for a while, and that was called an inextricable one.
But there are almost no court bigwigs who go out to debate in person, and they are all acting silently.
Qin Qiong, the eldest grandson Wuji, the two of them are the biggest supporters of the crown prince now!
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng are supporters of the palace faction!
The rest of the ministers, some of them went directly with the troops, and some directly said that they were returning home, and no one knew where they went, maybe they led the troops to other city gates.
With such a large palace, it is naturally impossible to have only the two gates of Vermilion Bird Xuanwu, as well as Hanguang, Anshang, etc., maybe, they went to those city gates to find opportunities.
In front of Suzaku Gate, the two sides confronted each other.
"Get out of the way! We want to enter the palace to face the saints! ”
Wei Zheng looked at the two people in front of him, and his voice was cold. The eldest grandson Wuji sneered and said, "Enter the palace? Is there His Majesty's will? Without His Majesty's will, you can enter the palace by yourself, do you know what the crime is? ”
Du Ruhui stood up, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "When Your Majesty is dying, how can you issue a holy decree?" You are so obstructive to us, but what is the secret of this? ”
"Huh! An ulterior secret? The old man still wants to ask you! Since you know that Your Majesty is on the verge of dying, it is natural that the crown prince should be in charge of the country now! Now the meaning of the crown prince is equivalent to the meaning of His Majesty! How many of you are not allowed to do so, what is your intention? ”
"You!"
Du Ruhui just wanted to refute, Fang Xuanling patted him on the shoulder behind him, leaking a slightly calm expression, and smiled softly at the eldest grandson Wuji: "If Your Majesty is dying, then it should be the crown prince in charge of the country, but who knows what the situation is in now?" What are you worried about? ”
The eldest grandson Wuji sneered, too lazy to talk nonsense with these people.
Qin Qiong walked out from behind him, looked left and right and shouted, "Soldiers! ”
"In!"
"Guarding the Suzaku Gate! Trespassers"
Saying this, Qin Qiong paused, his eyes were like a steel knife slashing at the neck of the minister in front of him, and then he said coldly: "Die!" ”
"Yes!"
The parts behind him agreed in unison, and the swords were unsheathed, eyeing the tiger.
"You, you presumptuous!"
"Uncle Qin! Everyone is in the same hall, this is how you treat the old man? ”
"Death to the trespasser? Hahaha! Good! Qin Shubao! Old man, it's up to you to see if you dare to kill me! ”
Wei Zheng sneered, and strode towards the direction of the Vermilion Bird Gate, getting closer and closer to the Qin Mansion, getting closer and closer, no one stopped him, everyone wanted to see if Qin Shubao was really moving.
Just when Wei Zheng was less than three meters away from the Qin Mansion Division, the Subordinate Tribe, led by a roar, slashed at Wei Zheng's head with a knife!
Wei Zheng's body was suddenly pulled backwards, and the knife missed, but looking at the bright red eyes of the song, everyone knew that he was definitely serious!